{"id":1837,"date":"2024-04-29T08:31:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T08:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/scotlands-first-minister-humza-yousaf-to-resign\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T08:31:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T08:31:08","slug":"scotlands-first-minister-humza-yousaf-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/scotlands-first-minister-humza-yousaf-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Humza Yousaf to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Humza Yousaf to resign<\/p>\n<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NQZh2H.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_0\">Since last night, we heard rumours and whispers that Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Humza Yousaf is set to walk away.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">In the last few minutes, the BBC has established that the first minister will indeed quit &#8211; and as early as today.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">Yousaf&#8217;s position seems to have shifted substantially on Sunday. Yesterday evening, the BBC&#8217;s Scotland editor James Cook was told by an SNP source that Yousaf was considering stepping down, which marked a departure from the noises we had been hearing that he wanted to fight on.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">This morning, our political editor Chris Mason and correspondent Nick Eardley heard similar reports from other sources familiar with the internal workings of the SNP.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">About an hour ago, BBC Scotland&#8217;s political correspondent David Wallace Lockhart was told there was a growing expectation among senior figures in the party that Yousaf would step down.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">Now, it looks all but certain that Yousaf is going to quit and things could move very quickly. <\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">Political reporting &#8211; particularly on sensitive issues like this one &#8211; often relies on us speaking to people who work closely with politicians or for parties in order to find out what discussions are going on behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_7\">Neither Yousaf or the SNP are saying anything publicly this morning, so we are relying on these often anonymous sources to give us the inside scoop.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.0:$post_8\">We&#8217;ll keep making those phone calls and bring you the latest as soon as we get it.<\/p>\n<p><noscript data-reactid=\".1sfp498zxea.0.2.0.0.1.0.1.0.$lx-tabs0.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-662f4f182f3a131cc506a82d.0.6.0.1\"><\/noscript><br \/>Published at Mon, 29 Apr 2024 04:42:33 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Humza Yousaf to resign Since last night, we heard rumours and whispers that Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Humza Yousaf is set to walk away. In the last few minutes, the BBC has established that the first minister will indeed quit &#8211; and as early as today. Yousaf&#8217;s position seems to have shifted substantially&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/scotlands-first-minister-humza-yousaf-to-resign\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Humza Yousaf to resign<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-politics","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}